Sci-Hub Searcher

Sci-Hub Searcher

Handy Sci-Hub searching option

What is Sci-Hub Searcher?
Sci-Hub Searcher is a Chrome extension designed to streamline and simplify your Sci-Hub searches. With this tool, hunting for articles is made easy and efficient: highlight what you want to search (DOI etc.), right-click to bring up the search option, click on 'Search in Sci-Hub...', and be directed straight to your search results without any time-consuming navigation. Perfect for researchers, academics and anyone needing quick, seamless access to scientific sources.
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By: jmpk
Users: 7,000+
Rating: 5.00 (3)
Version: 1.0.1 (Last updated: 2021-02-14)
Creation date: 2021-02-02
Risk impact: Very low risk impact
Risk likelihood: Low risk likelihood
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • contextMenus
Size: 56.22K
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Summary

The simple extension which allows you to search on Sci-Hub (DOI etc.) in a handy way. Select the item you want to search by highlighting it and right-click on it. Choose 'Search in Sci-Hub...' and there you go.

User reviews
Perfect, recommended for Mac
by Alberto Alberto, 2023-09-05

Cool 100% recommend
by Dominik Lech Dominik Lech, 2021-02-13

Best SciHub search engine extenstion avaliable, 10/10.
by Konrad Guzowski Konrad Guzowski, 2021-02-02
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Safety
Risk impact

Sci-Hub Searcher is safe to use. It does not request any sensitive permissions.

Risk likelihood

Sci-Hub Searcher has earned a fairly good reputation and likely can be trusted.

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